“I haven’t myself seen any evidence of changes of behaviour in that particularity since the Prime Minister’s announcement on April 15.”
"Do you not think it's incredibly wrong to portray working in the Met as being in some kind of action movie...?"
The Labour leader addressed supporters ahead of the crucial by-election in the Red Wall seat due to take place this week.
The former government aide alleged that Boris Johnson also offered Carrie Symonds a government job during his time as prime minister.
Former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell described the alleged cover-up as ‘the death of journalism’ in the UK.
The Times has been accused of trying to 'cover-up' one of its own stories on Boris Johnson, after a major scoop disappeared from the paper.
"Our data poses real challenges for policymakers. How can you develop good policy when public perceptions can be so out of kilter with the evidence?"
The Labour leader urged supporters not to be complacent with just days to go to until the by-election.
There is particular concern about the extension of stop and search powers, allowing police to carry out searches where there are no reasonable grounds for suspicion, previously such measures had only been used in response to serious violence and terrorism.